Talk:Santiago de Compostela derailment
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Similar accidents
edit- Salisbury rail crash, 1906 - 28 killed
- Malbone Street Wreck, 1918 in New York - 98 killed
- Camp Mountain train disaster, 1947 - 16 killed
- Hachikō Line derailment, February 1947 - 184 killed
- Sutton Coldfield train disaster, 1955 - 17 killed
- Morpeth rail crashes, 1969, 1984, 1994 - a total of 6 killed in three separate accidents
- Eltham Well Hall rail crash, 1972 - 6 killed
- Brühl train disaster, 2000 - 9 killed
- Hatfield rail crash, 2000 - 4 killed
- Waterfall train disaster, 2003 - 7 killed
- Rosedale train crash, 2004
- Amagasaki rail crash, 2005 - 107 killed
- Valencia Metro derailment, 2006 - 41 killed
Court hearings
editTranscript of the initial court hearing (in Spanish):
http://www.abc.es/espana/20130801/abci-declaracion-completa-maquinista-201307312127.html
Ticket inspector Antonio Martin Marugan told the daily El Pais he had called Garzon to instruct him to enter an upcoming station, Pontedeume, at a platform close to the station building to facilitate the exit of a family with children.
...
Renfe employees are not allowed to use phones except in case of emergency.
"Even if it was unfortunate that the call took place at that place and time ..." ... the judge, Luis Alaez, said ...
Rjtucker (talk) 08:22, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Criminal trial
editThis story just seems to disappear after Oct 2015. Does anyone know what the verdict was? 50.64.119.38 (talk) 15:19, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Homicide outcome?
editAlthough the driver was charged with homicide a decade ago, the article gives no detail at all on what the outcome of the trial was! Fig (talk) 10:04, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
Title could perhaps be changed to reflect the serious nature of the incident
editMaybe "Santiago de Compostela rail disaster" "Derailment" implies a less serious outcome Zoony (talk) 17:08, 5 March 2024 (UTC)